sticks used for calculations; divining rods
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
yao (line representing yin or yang that comprises one third of a trigram)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
foresight; forethought; far-sighted plan; planning ahead
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
to come to (a serious state); to reach
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
(arch.) slave; retainer; servant; captive; varlet; I
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give someone a charge; to empower
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
arbitrary decision; taking for granted
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
longing for; burning desire
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
beforehand; in advance; previously
the liver and gall bladder; one's inner being
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line